It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others.... One ever feels his twoness, - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder. ~W.E.B. DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk, 1903
Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves. ~Henry David Thoreau
Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on advertising and they wouldn't have to advertise it. ~Will Rogers
The kindest word in all the world is the unkind word, unsaid. ~Author Unknown
Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star; one of a million lights in a vast sky that flares up for a brief moment only to disappear into the endless night forever. ~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Black people dominate sports in the United States - 20 percent of the population and 90 percent of the Final Four. We own this shit. Basketball, baseball, football, golf, tennis, and as soon as they make a heated hockey rink we'll take that shit too. ~Chris Rock
I have always considered tennis as a combat in an arena between two gladiators who have their racquets and their courage as their weapons. ~Yannick Noah
If the Aborigine drafted an I.Q. test, all of Western civilization would presumably flunk it. ~Stanley Garn
I enjoy mowing the lawn, it relaxes me. It gets me outdoors, it's good exercise, the freshly cut grass smells great, and the engine is loud enough that I'm sure no one else can hear my thoughts - or intrude upon them. ~Astrid Alauda
Any game where a man 60 can beat a man 30 ain't no game. ~Burt Shotten
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Turn your wounds into wisdom. ~Oprah Winfrey
Any proverbs about weather are doubly true during a storm. ~Terri Guillemets
A woman seldom writes her Mind, but in her Postscript. ~Richard Steele, Spectator
There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at the cruelty of pirates. ~James Russell Lowell
There is no finish line. ~Nike advertisement
Accidents, and particularly street and highway accidents, do not happen - they are caused. ~Ernest Greenwood
If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands? ~Milton Berle
The cement of this union is the heart-blood of every American. ~Thomas Jefferson
A gold medal is a nice thing - but if you're not enough without it, you'll never be enough with it. ~From Cool Runnings
The benefits to the mother of immediate breastfeeding are innumerable, not the least of which after the weariness of labor and birth is the emotional gratification, the feeling of strength, the composure, and the sense of fulfillment that comes with the handling and suckling of the baby. ~Ashley Montague
Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it. ~Josh Billings
Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive. ~Thomas C. Haliburton
hatred bounces ~e.e. cummings
If we treated everyone we meet with the same affection we bestow upon our favorite cat, they, too, would purr. ~Martin Buxbaum
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